The Earth from here is a grand oasis in the big ... The photographs and films that the crew of Apollo 8 took of the moon gave scientists valuable information and helped NASA plan future landing ...

Getting from Earth to space isn’t just about speed—it’s about planning the right trajectory. The Moon, our closest neighbor, ...

More than 50 years after Apollo 8’s legendary Earthrise photo, a new image from the Moon’s surface delivers a hauntingly ...

Fossils and genetics are starting to point to life emerging surprisingly soon after Earth formed, when the planet was ...

Former Apollo 8 astronaut William "Bill" Anders has died ... captured the first color image of Earth from space on Dec. 24, 1968, during the mission. Titled "Earthrise," the iconic photo showed ...

to help them remember Apollo 8 and humankind's first venture from the earth. And we all had various suggestions." Lovell: "Almost the whole world would be listening to us on Christmas Eve.

The Atlas-Agena rocket first placed the spacecraft into Earth orbit before ... and indeed Apollo 11 landed 44 miles southeast of the Ranger 8 impact site in July 1969. Schematic diagram of the ...